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• Did Vikings really wear horned helmets?

  13 octobre 2015 ( #horned helmets, #Vikings )

  Forget almost every Viking costume you’ve ever seen. Yes, the pugnacious Scandinavians probably sported headgear when they marched into battle, but there’s no reason to believe it was festooned with horns. In depictions dating from the Viking age—between...

• UK Referendum: EU membership

  26 juillet 2015 ( #David Cameron, #EU membership )

  David Cameron is set to hold the in-or-out referendum on Britain’s future membership of the European Union in June next year and will announce the fast-tracked date as the centrepiece of his party’s annual conference in October. Although the Queen’s Speech...

• Mass Burial of Black Death victims discovered in England

  18 décembre 2016 ( #Black Death )

  A mass burial of 48 bodies, known to be victims of the Black Death, has been discovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey in England. Archaeologists from the University of Sheffield revealed the skeletons, 27 of which...

• 8 things you might not know about Henry VIII

  20 août 2016 ( #Henry VIII )

  A monarch of outsized proportions, passions and appetites, King Henry VIII (1491-1547) ruled England for 36 years. His tumultuous personal life—including a series of six wives and many mistresses—led him to break with the Catholic Church to create the...

• Historic England releases map based on aerial pictures

  24 octobre 2021 ( #Hadrian's wall, #Iron Age farm, #mines, #open field, #prehistoric hill fort, #Roam camp, #Roman farm, #Roman fort )

  sourde : HISTORIC ENGALND/DAMIAN GRADY continue reading : X

• Times, December 8th, 2020

  08 décembre 2020 ( #Boris Johnson, #Boudicca, #Brexit, #cartoon, #EU, #fish, #the Times, #trade deal )

  Morten Morland the times.co.uk

• PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain

  23 février 2017

  Monday, 13 April 2015 was a typical day in modern British politics. An Oxford University graduate in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE), Ed Miliband, launched the Labour party’s general election manifesto. It was examined by the BBC’s political...

• The Americans' guide to Brexit

  26 juin 2016

  Guardian US asked for questions from American readers on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Here are some of your questions, plus a few from the Guardian US staff, and our answers In what way will Brexit affect the US? As my colleague Dan...

• The Yeomen of the Guard ceremonially searching the Palace for explosives

  05 novembre 2021 ( #Gunpowder Plot, #Guy Fawkes, #House of Lords chamber, #Parliament, #State Opening of Parliament, #Westminster, #Yeomen of the Guard )

  The Yeomen of the Guard ceremonially searching the Palace for explosives before the Sovereign's arrival for State Opening. This tradition, including searching the cellars, stems from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. © House of Lords 2015/Roger Harris

• Queen accepts PM's request to suspend Parliament

  28 août 2019 ( #Balmoral, #Boris Johnson, #Brexit, #Parliament, #Privy Council, #proroguing Parliament, #Queen )

  source: Privy Council

• General election 2024.

  04 juillet 2024 ( #exit polls, #general election, #Keir Starmer, #Labour, #landslide, #MPs, #UK )

• Royal Family tree and line of succession

  13 février 2022 ( #monarchy, #Queen Elizabeth II, #succession, #throne, #UK )

  Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She has four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren... Continue reading : x

• 'lions used' in Roman Britain executions

  10 août 2021 ( #Barbarian, #executions, #Leicester, #Roman Britain, #Roman Town house )

  An unearthed bronze key handle suggests lions were used in executions in Roman Britain, archaeologists have said... Continue reading : x source : UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES

• Canterbury Cathedral shrine of St Thomas Becket reconstructed

  19 février 2021 ( #Canterbury, #Canterbury Cathedral, #Henry II, #shrine, #Thomas Becket )

  A shine to St Thomas Becket who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral 850 years ago has been reconstructed using CGI. credit : University of York Continue reading : x

• Original Windsor Castle

  19 janvier 2020 ( #Middle Ages, #motte and bailey castle, #Norman Castle, #Norman Conquest, #Windsor )

  caption: An artist's impression shows for the first time what Windsor Castle would have looked like in around 1085 – just a decade and a half after it was constructed ( Royal Collection Trust/Bob Marshall ) Read the rest at the source: x

• Long-lost overpainted portrait reveals young Queen Elizabeth I

  27 novembre 2019 ( #Elizabeth I, #King Philip of Spain, #portrait, #The Virgin Queen, #Tudor )

  The portrait dates from 1562 and it may have been painted in Steven van der Meulen’s workshop. Photograph: Handout Bonhams

• Board-game piece from period of first Viking raid found on Lindisfarne

  06 février 2020 ( #Anglo-Saxon, #artefact, #Lindisfarne, #raids, #Vikings )

  source: x

• Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland (Documentary about The Troubles)

  10 avril 2023 ( #documentary, #Northern Ireland, #sectarian violence, #the Troubles )

  A story of conflict and peace, told by those who lived it. Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland, from Director James Bluemel, tells extraordinary human stories from those who lived through The Troubles Read more https://bbc.in/3zAqsYm

• Roman villa mosaic found under Aldi supermarket site

  20 mars 2023 ( #archaeology, #Britannia, #Roman Britain, #Roman villa )

  Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe are the remains of a Roman villa and bath house under land earmarked for a supermarket Read the rest here : x Source: Oxford Archaeology

• The British Victorian terraced house

  09 août 2021 ( #architecture, #city life, #Industrial Age, #Industrial Revolution, #middle class, #the Victorian terrace )

• Cerne Abbas Giant age revealed by scientists

  19 mai 2021 ( #Anglo-Saxon, #archeology, #Cerne Abbas, #Dorset )

  Continue reading : x

• Dublin's earliest Viking settlement seen in new light

  15 mars 2020 ( #archeology, #Dublin, #excavations, #Ireland, #Viking, #Viking settlement )

• Britain's last remaining feudal village on sale for £7m

  28 octobre 2018 ( #agriculture, #feudal village, #feudalism, #manor )

  The unique estate is the last place in the country to operate using open field strip farming where individual strips of land are owned or occupied by separate farmers, who work the same space each year

• Publié depuis Eklablog

  24 janvier 2017 ( #article 50, #Brexit, #devolved administrations, #Northern Ireland, #Scotland, #Supreme court )

  Ministers do not need to ask permission from Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales before triggering Article 50, the Supreme Court has ruled. The UK's most senior judges said the Government was not legally compelled to consult devolved legislatures. The...

• King Arthur's Tintagel castle

  08 août 2019 ( #Arthurian legend, #Cornwall, #King Arthur, #Tintagel )

  A £5m footbridge to a dramatic, wind-battered headland that is at the heart of Arthurian legend will this weekend finally open to the public. Read at the source: The Guardian